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A frugal install is recommended, (with a new save file due to the new kernel.) Choose 'Lighthouse64 without save file' at the LiveCD boot menu, then at shutdown you'll be able to save your session to a new save file.

To run Firefox as root, click Menu -> Setup -> Choose Default Browser -> Firefox (root). However I don't recommend doing so. Much safer to just run FF as default user spot, saving to the Downloads folder; then click on the Downloads desktop icon and move files elsewhere as needed. To update Firefox, use Firefox Update Help in the Internet Menu.

With large downloads, it is best to use wget in a terminal, or click Menu -> Internet -> Pwget downloader and copy and paste in the URL.

1. As-per-usual...
This lighthouse version looks good/slick/quality, and I'd like to make this my number-1->[presently Precise-5.6.1] or number-2, BUT...

a. It seems it won't be possible to install applications that are important to me.
e.g. "SaveMyModem"=smm [or some alternative similar to Mailwasher], Xfe.
And...

b. Would it be possible to edit the ISO to change to pmedia=ataflash, so that a pupsave on an internal HDD is treated as though on a Flash Drive?
I normally do this so as to be able to choose whether/when "to save or not to save" during the session and at shutdown/reboot.
I'd try this if "a" above were possible.

c. There's no point in me tweaking further [proceeding to perfect] unless I know I can do all the usual things to suit this to my needs.
Right now its number-7 in my stack of 7 Puppy CD's.

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Flawless install to Fujitsu s6520 lifebook (Core 2 Duo, 2 Gb mem, i915 video, i5300 wireless, true synaptics touchpad).
Added to existing Grub4Dos installations on a SATA SSD. initrd.gz changed to initrd.xz in menu.lst and pfix=copy as usual and up it comes in pupmode 13.
Sound, video using intel driver, wireless connection using WEP key and older ipv4 router, synaptics touchpad and flsynclient, internal sd card reader all working well. Webcam not tested yet.
What really makes this unique is the SpaceFM/openbox combination in a 64bitter with up-to-date libraries. Set SpaceFM as the default filemanager and it really is! SpaceFM graciously accepted my plugins from alphaOS. It's incredibly flexible with less overhead than thunar and well worth the learning curve.
Installed Opera from the Salix repo with no problems, imported bookmarks, mail settings and Dapper skin from the shared 32bit opera on the laptop and am happily posting from that.
Tint2 and Conky both tested and working installed from the repo. May (or may not) switch to a tint2 panel in the longer run. Lxpanel works well, I'm just faster at editing the tint2.rc directly to make little changes.

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I plan to install on a HP Pavilion g7 laptop on which we replaced the MS version of windows #8 with their #7, is that OK?

Cool re. Frugal install!

Thanks!

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Experimental UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) support, (not Secure Boot, though) with isohybrid ISO, new simple graphical boot menu on the ISO image, based on Fatdog64's (thanks to Jamesbond and Kirk.) According to the Fatdog64 FAQ, "All Windows 8 computers come with secure boot enabled by default. Secure boot can be disabled if you like in UEFI setup, and Windows will still boot normally."

The same touch capabilities that were working on LH64 are also continuing to work on my HP Touch tablet-laptop. Very nice for desktop navigation and window uses.

This is really a treat for a Linux system on this platform replacing MS.

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The usual prompt for puppy fix=ram pfix=xorgwizard or similar is not present.

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The usual prompt for puppy fix=ram pfix=xorgwizard or similar is not present.

I need to force it to boot with a generic VGA driver as the display is unusable by default.

Hi @Edoc

This may work for you. On the initial boot screen there is an option to boot to a prompt. Once there, you may want to type

Code:

xorgwizard

where you can select Vesa or a driver of your choice.

I've not done it, but, seem to remember reading somewhere in either FATDOG/LH64 to do this.

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"Update" in MARINER does NOT show Thunderbird as installed when, in fact, it was selected at boot-time.

Also the Thunderbird version showing in Update is not the current one loaded by Mariner at boot-time

Is the "Get LibreOfiice" PET there to update the installed Libreoffice in the future?

And, should the "Nvidia GLX" driver have a note (in parenthesis) that the DEVX is needed?

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[*]And, should the "Nvidia GLX" driver have a note (in parenthesis) that the DEVX is needed?[/list]Here to help

Unless TazOC changed something the Driver SFS does not need the Devx. Only the 'get nvidia' script needs the devx since its doing the compiling. If someone is just downloading and installing the driver as pre-compiled, they dont need the devx loaded on their system._________________

This is why you, and anyone else will get a message saying the module is not found for the kernel, because its not included in the driver package.

If a driver does not support a piece of hardware, the driver will... wait for it... not work with that piece of hardware.

For anyone who has a card that is NOT supported by the Nvidia Proprietary drivers, you will have to use the Nouveau drivers. I'm sorry, but there is nothing that we can do to help you with this. We have to wait on Nvidia to support that card on Linux.

I'm sorry for getting a bit frustrated about this, but this is like the 3rd or 4th time now that you've reported graphics card problems with LHP and the driver because you've been installing a non compatible video driver._________________

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